Sobering story today on the issue of pollution in Columbia River salmon. OPB and ProPublica collected 50 salmon caught by tribal fishermen and followed standard methods for fish tissue testing.
Ultimately, this led to the finding that, based on the levels of dioxins in our samples, anything above four 8-ounce servings of these tested fish each month would create an excess cancer risk beyond the EPA’s benchmark of 1 in 100,000. That means of 100,000 people exposed to these levels of contaminants, one of them would develop cancer as a result of the exposure.
How we tested Columbia River salmon for contaminants – OPB
Filed under: Environmental Science, First Nations, fisheries | Tagged: Cancer, Columbia River, contaminants, Pollution |
Modern version of smallpox blankets to the Indians. Also sports fisherman if you have trouble connecting the dots.